Stumbling Stones Hamburger Straße 42

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Emma Alexander (born 1863, died after imprisonment in Theresienstadt in June 1945)
Reha Alexander (born 1938, murdered in Auschwitz on 11-10-1944)
Ruth Alexander (born 1906, murdered in Auschwitz on 11-10-1944)
Alex Alexander (born 1891, murdered in Auschwitz on 7-10-1944)

The small brass plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were persecuted or murdered by the Nazis, mention the name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death.

In many other cities, mainly in Germany but also in other European countries, the memorials also can be found. There are already many thousands of these plaques and their number is still counting. Almost all Stolpersteine are laid by the German artist himself, Gunter Demnig.

For more information and pictures, please visit Stolpersteine Münsterland (in German).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck